Luton striker Collins tests positive for coronavirus

Luton forward James Collins has tested positive for coronavirus, the club has confirmed.

Town boss Nathan Jones revealed that his leading scorer had been sent for a test ahead of the 2-0 defeat to Stoke City on Saturday, while he was still awaiting the results when speaking to the press yesterday morning.

But with Collins not in the side for tonight's trip to Millwall, the Hatters have confirmed he has returned a positive test and will now have to self-isolate.

Jones had confirmed earlier in the week that the club has everything in place to ensure that no other players within the squad will be forced to sit out as well.

He said: “Everything else is done in terms of GPS and distancing, so it doesn't affect anyone else.

“We’ve done all those things so we have got good protocols in places here.

"When someone affects something, then those who are in his direct vicinity, we have a testing machine and everyone was tested in terms of for an antibody test, so we’re clean apart from that."